Words in english starting with G

• ground — Verb – English ～ bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
• ground — Verb – English ～ fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
• ground — Verb – English ～ confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
• ground — Verb – English ～ hit or reach the ground
• ground — Verb – English ～ connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
• ground — Verb – English ～ hit onto the ground
• gain ground — Verb – English ～ obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; "win points"
• ground-floor — Adjective – English ～ on the floor closest to level with the ground; "the ground-floor entrance is kept locked"
• ground effect — Noun – English ～ apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground
• ground-berry — Noun – English ～ small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
• ground — Noun – English ～ material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
• ground-berry — Noun – English ～ creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
• ground bass — Noun – English ～ a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
• ground control — Noun – English ～ a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing
• ground cloth — Noun – English ～ a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture
• ground cherry — Noun – English ～ any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
• ground fire — Noun – English ～ a forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface
• ground — Noun – English ～ the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
• ground bait — Noun – English ～ bait scattered on the water to attract fish
• ground beef — Noun – English ～ beef that has been ground

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